It’s Another Pole For Marquez

Marc Marquez won his ninth pole of the year in MotoGP qualifying at Brno on Saturday. (MotoGP photo)

BRNO, Czech Republic – Sunday’s MotoGP Czech Republic Grand Prix will get underway with Marc Marquez on the pole, ahead of Andrea Dovizioso and Andrea Iannone on row one of the grid.

Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) produced a rapid one minute, 55.585-second lap to take pole No. 9 of the season at round 11.

Dovizioso (Ducati Team) matched his Indy qualifying performance in second, with his compatriot and colleague on Ducati machinery Iannone (Pramac Racing) qualifying third – for his second front row start of 2014.

The pressure on Bradley Smith (Monster Yamaha Tech3) has been relieved somewhat by his recent contract extension for 2015 and his good Indy race result and he produced a good Q2 performance to qualify fourth.

The Englishman is joined on row two by the experienced Spanish pair of Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda Team) and Jorge Lorenzo (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP).

A high speed crash in FP4 for Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) meant he went into Q2 with a dressing on the little finger of his left hand. The Italian will head up row three for his 245th premier class race.